Dame Anna Neagle | British actress | Britannica.com Dame Anna Neagle Alternative Titles: Marjorie Robertson, Marjorie Wilcox Dame Anna Neagle Ginger Rogers Dame Anna Neagle, née Marjorie Robertson, married name Marjorie Wilcox (born Oct. 20, 1904, London , Eng.—died June 3, 1986, near London), British actress and dancer, known for her work in stage plays, musicals, and films. Her motion-picture career was guided by her husband, producer-director Herbert Wilcox. Jacob Epstein sculpting a portrait of actress Anna Neagle, March 1952. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Neagle debuted as a dancer in The Wonder Tales (London, 1917). Her first real lead was as a juvenile with Jack Buchanan in Stand Up and Sing (1931). Her other early leading roles included Olivia in Twelfth Night and Rosalind in As You Like It (1934), followed by Peter Pan (1937) and Emma (1944). Neagle toured England during World War II , appearing in Victoria Regina and French Without Tears.

She played four characters (Carol Beaumont, Nell Gwynn, Victoria , and Lillian Grey) in The Glorious Days on tour and in London (1952) and Stella Felby in The More the Merrier (1960). As Lady Hadwell in Charlie Girl, she appeared in London and Australia for a five-year run (1965–71) and gave more than 2,000 performances. Neagle played in revivals of No, No, Nanette (1973) and My Fair Lady (1978–82). She appeared in more than 30 films, a majority of them produced by her husband; her screen appearances include those in Victoria the Great (1937), Spring in Park Lane (1948), and Odette (1950). She was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1952) and later a Dame of the Order of the British Empire (1969).

Learn More in these related articles: Anna Neagle Anna Neagle Birth Name: Florence Marjorie Robertson Born: 20 October 1904 Died: 3 June 1986 Country of origin: View all Anna Neagle pictures Description: Dame Anna Neagle, DBE (20 October 1904 – 3 June 1986), born Florence Marjorie Robertson, was a popular English stage and film actress and singer. Neagle proved to be a box-office sensation in British films for over 25 years. She was noted for providing glamour and sophistication to war-torn London audiences with her lightweight musicals, comedies and historical dramas. She won several awards as Britain's favourite actress and biggest female box-office draw. Almost all of her films were produced and directed by Herbert Wilcox, whom she married in 1943. In her historical dramas, Anna Neagle was renowned for her portrayals Dame Anna Neagle, DBE (20 October 1904 – 3 June 1986), born Florence Marjorie Robertson, was a popular English stage and film actress and singer.

Neagle proved to be a box-office sensation in British films for over 25 years. She was noted for providing glamour and sophistication to war-torn London audiences with her lightweight musicals, comedies and historical dramas. She won several awards as Britain's favourite actress and biggest female box-office draw. Almost all of her films were produced and directed by Herbert Wilcox, whom she married in 1943. In her historical dramas, Anna Neagle was renowned for her portrayals of real-life British heroines, including Nell Gwynn (Nell Gwynn, 1934), Queen Victoria (Victoria the Great, 1937, and Sixty Glorious Years, 1938) and Edith Cavell (Nurse Edith Cavell, 1939). ...

( more ) ( less ) Anna Neagle • Biography & Facts Anna Neagle Anna Neagle Dame Anna Neagle, DBE (20 October 1904 – 3 June 1986), born Florence Marjorie Robertson, was a popular English stage and film actress and singer.Neagle proved to be a box-office sensation in British films for over 25 years and was voted the most popular star in Britain in 1949. She was noted for providing glamour and sophistication to war-torn London audiences with her lightweight musicals, comedies and historical dramas. She won several awards as Britain's favourite actress and biggest female box-office draw. Almost all of her films were produced and directed by Herbert Wilcox , whom she married in 1943.In her historical dramas, Anna Neagle was renowned for her portrayals of real-life British heroines, including Nell Gwynn (Nell Gwynn, 1934), Queen Victoria (Victoria the Great, 1937, and Sixty Glorious Years, 1938) and Edith Cavell (Nurse Edith Cavell , 1939).

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She made several early talkies at Paramount but her popularity soon waned. 43. About: Anna Neagle About: Anna Neagle An Entity of Type : person , from Named Graph : , within Data Space : dbpedia.org Dame Anna Neagle, DBE (20 October 1904 – 3 June 1986), born Florence Marjorie Robertson, was a popular English stage and film actress and singer and dancerNeagle was a successful box-office draw in the British cinema for 20 years and was voted the most popular star in Britain in 1949. She was known for providing glamour and sophistication to war-torn London audiences with her lightweight musicals, comedies and historical dramas. Almost all of her films were produced and directed by Herbert Wilcox, whom she married in 1943. Property abstract Dame Anna Neagle, DBE (20 October 1904 – 3 June 1986), born Florence Marjorie Robertson, was a popular English stage and film actress and singer and dancer Neagle was a successful box-office draw in the British cinema for 20 years and was voted the most popular star in Britain in 1949.

She was known for providing glamour and sophistication to war-torn London audiences with her lightweight musicals, comedies and historical dramas. Almost all of her films were produced and directed by Herbert Wilcox, whom she married in 1943. In her historical dramas, Anna Neagle was renowned for her portrayals of British historical figures, including Nell Gwynn (Nell Gwynn, 1934), Queen Victoria (Victoria the Great, 1937, and Sixty Glorious Years, 1938) and Edith Cavell (Nurse Edith Cavell, 1939). (en) Dame Anna Neagle, DBE; eigentlich Florence Marjorie Robertson (* 20. Oktober 1904 in Forrest Gate, Essex; † 3. Juni 1986 in West Byfleet, Surrey) war eine britische Schauspielerin.

(de) Anna Neagle est une actrice britannique, née à Forest Gate (en ce temps dans l'Essex et aujourd'hui dans Newham, Londres, Angleterre) le , et décédée à West Byfleet (Surrey, Angleterre), le . Elle est la grand-tante de l'acteur Nicholas Hoult. (fr) Dama Anna Neagle, DBE (20 de octubre de 1904 – 3 de junio de 1986) fue una actriz teatral y cinematográfica, además de cantante, de nacionalidad británica. Neagle fue una de las artistas más taquilleras del cine británico durante más de 25 años. Destacó dando glamour y sofisticación al público londinense durante los años de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, gracias a sus musicales, comedias y dramas históricos. Además, ganó varios premios, y la mayor parte de sus filmes fueron producidos y dirigidos por Herbert Wilcox, con quien se casó en 1943.

Neagle ganó también fama por su retrato de heroínas británicas de la vida real, como fue el caso de sus actuaciones como Nell Gwynn, la Reina Victoria, y Edith Cavell. (es) アンナ・ニーグル（Dame Anna Neagle DBE、 1904年10月20日 - 1986年6月3日）はイギリスの女優および歌手。 (ja) Anna Neagle (ur. 20 października 1904 zm. 3 czerwca 1986) – brytyjska aktorka filmowa. (pl) Anna Neagle, pseudoniem van Florence Marjorie Robertson, (Forest Gate (Newham), 20 oktober 1904 - West Byfleet (Surrey, 3 juni 1986) was een Britse actrice en zangeres.

Neagle was vijftien jaar lang (1937-1952), inzonderheid in de eerste jaren na de Tweede Wereldoorlog, een van de populairste Britse filmvedetten. Ze stond bekend om haar bekoorlijke en verfijnde verschijning. De meeste van haar films werden geregisseerd en geproduceerd door haar echtgenoot Herbert Wilcox. Ze was vooral te zien in vederlichte musicals, komedies en historische drama's. In die laatste categorie films portretteerde ze op treffende wijze Britse historische personages zoals Nell Gwynn (Nell Gwynn, 1934), Queen Victoria (Victoria the Great, 1937, en Sixty Glorious Years, 1938), Edith Cavell (Nurse Edith Cavell, 1939), Amy Johnson (They Flew Alone, 1942) en Florence Nightingale (The Lady with the Lamp, 1951). (nl) Дама Анна Нигл (англ.

Dame Anna Neagle, урождённая Флоренс Марджори Робертсон (англ. Florence Marjorie Robertson), 20 апреля 1904(19040420) — 3 июня 1986) — британская актриса и певица. (ru) Dame Anna Neagle, DBE; eigentlich Florence Marjorie Robertson (* 20. Oktober 1904 in Forrest Gate, Essex; † 3. Juni 1986 in West Byfleet, Surrey) war eine britische Schauspielerin. (de) Anna Neagle est une actrice britannique, née à Forest Gate (en ce temps dans l'Essex et aujourd'hui dans Newham, Londres, Angleterre) le , et décédée à West Byfleet (Surrey, Angleterre), le . Elle est la grand-tante de l'acteur Nicholas Hoult.

(fr) アンナ・ニーグル（Dame Anna Neagle DBE、 1904年10月20日 - 1986年6月3日）はイギリスの女優および歌手。 (ja) Anna Neagle (ur. 20 października 1904 zm. 3 czerwca 1986) – brytyjska aktorka filmowa. (pl) Дама Анна Нигл (англ. Dame Anna Neagle, урождённая Флоренс Марджори Робертсон (англ. Florence Marjorie Robertson), 20 апреля 1904(19040420) — 3 июня 1986) — британская актриса и певица.

(ru) Dame Anna Neagle, DBE (20 October 1904 – 3 June 1986), born Florence Marjorie Robertson, was a popular English stage and film actress and singer and dancerNeagle was a successful box-office draw in the British cinema for 20 years and was voted the most popular star in Britain in 1949. She was known for providing glamour and sophistication to war-torn London audiences with her lightweight musicals, comedies and historical dramas. Almost all of her films were produced and directed by Herbert Wilcox, whom she married in 1943. (en) Dama Anna Neagle, DBE (20 de octubre de 1904 – 3 de junio de 1986) fue una actriz teatral y cinematográfica, además de cantante, de nacionalidad británica.Neagle fue una de las artistas más taquilleras del cine británico durante más de 25 años.

Destacó dando glamour y sofisticación al público londinense durante los años de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, gracias a sus musicales, comedias y dramas históricos. Además, ganó varios premios, y la mayor parte de sus filmes fueron producidos y dirigidos por Herbert Wilcox, con quien se casó en 1943. (es) Anna Neagle, pseudoniem van Florence Marjorie Robertson, (Forest Gate (Newham), 20 oktober 1904 - West Byfleet (Surrey, 3 juni 1986) was een Britse actrice en zangeres.Neagle was vijftien jaar lang (1937-1952), inzonderheid in de eerste jaren na de Tweede Wereldoorlog, een van de populairste Britse filmvedetten. Ze stond bekend om haar bekoorlijke en verfijnde verschijning. De meeste van haar films werden geregisseerd en geproduceerd door haar echtgenoot Herbert Wilcox.

(nl) Florence Marjorie Robertson (1904 - 1986) - Genealogy Florence Marjorie Robertson Surrey North Western, Surrey, England Birth date: Herbert William Robertson, Florence Robertson (born Neagle) Siblings: Alan James Tranter Robertson, Herbert Stuart Robertson Husband: Herbert William Robertson, Florence Robertson (born Neagle) Siblings: Alan James Tranter Robertson, Herbert Stuart Robertson Husband: Oct 20 1904 - Essex, England, United Kingdom Death: June 3 1986 - Surrey, England, United Kingdom Husband: Oct 20 1904 - London, Eng Death: About Dame Anna Neagle, DBE <The Times, June 4, 1986> DAME ANNA NEAGLE Actress in the polished English tradition Dame Anna Neagle, the actress, who died yesterday at the age of 81, was a star who retained the common touch. She played heroines of musical comedy and historical figures from Nell Gwynn to Queen Victoria and Florence Nightingale with an unaffected sincerity that made her one of the popular performers of her time, both on stage and in the cinema.

She did not pretend to any great range or depth but within her limits was never less than polished and professional. Born Marjorie Robertson at Forest Gate, London, on October 20, 1904, she was the daughter of a Merchant Navy captain (Neagle was her mother's maiden name). She studied dancing as a child and apart from a series of matinees when she was 13, made her stage debut in the chorus of two Charlot revues during 1925. She graduated through cabaret, the Drury Lane chorus of "Rose Marie" (where she was a "stand-by" before her promotion), and "The Desert Song", and eventually two London Pavilion revues as one of "Mr Cochran's Young Ladies." She was then primarily a dancer; but in 1930 as Anna Neagle, she began a film career and became Jack Buchanan's juvenile lead in the tour of a musical comedy, "Stand Up and Sing"; after this had opened at the London Hippodrome in the spring of 1931, she did not miss a single performance (604 in all). Later he stage and film careers moved together.

Fair-haired and blue-eyed, she had the "English rose" kind of good looks; she photographed well, and from "Goodnight Vienna" (1932) her screen future was assured. Eleven years later she married Herbert Wilcox, who directed her in all her major films, and it was a most happy partnership. One of their earliest pictures was Noel Coward's "Bitter Sweet" in 1933. Just after she had made "Nell Gwynn", with its amiable romanticism, she suddenly found herself, at 10 days' notice, as Rosalind in Regent's Park. Though she had never acted in Shakespeare, or for years even read the plays, she managed to get through, under Robert Atkins's guidance and with a cast that included Jack Hawkins and Margaretta Scott and John Drinkwater. Olivia in "Twelfth Night" followed: another performance remembered for its simple directness.

But for a long time in the 1930s she was predominantly a film actress, moving from "Peg of Old Drury" (Peg Woffington), Nell Gwynn's natural successor, to "Victoria the Great", her most famous picture, which ran for a year in London. It delighted her that her next part, in which she believed equally, was Peter Pan on the stage of the Palladium (1937); almost across the road she could see posters of herself as the aged Queen. She returned to the screen and to Victoria in "Sixty Glorious Years", which she made in colour. Moving to Hollywood (but still directed by Wilcox), she played one of her most quietly veracious parts, Nurse Edith Cavell, followed by three brisk song-and-dance pictures, including "No, No, Nanette". In an England at war she appeared as Amy Johnson in the film "They Flew Alone". She returned to the stage in 1945 as Emma Woodhouse in a rather tepid version of Jane Austen's novel "Emma". It remained her favourite part. Back then to the cinema and what was known as the "London series".

With such titles as "I Live in Grosvenor Square", "The Courtneys of Curzon Street", "Spring in Park Lane", "Maytime in Mayfair" they offered unashamed romanticism as an antidote to postwar austerity. Her leading man was Michael Wilding and in the late 1940s the pair of them were among the British cinema's biggest box-office draws. She had stronger material in "Odette", the story of the gallant agent in Occupied France who for two years after arrest was in enemy hands, and in 1951 played Florence Nightingale in "The Lady with a Lamp". In the mid 1950s she starred in film versions of two Ivor Novello musicals "Lilacs in the Spring" and "King's Rhaphsody", on each occasion with an unlikely leading man in Errol Flynn. In Coronation year, 1953, she acted at the Palace Theatre in a musical, "The Glorious Days", that allowed her to appear on the same evening as Nell Gwynn, Queen Victoria, and two musical comedy stars, one from the 1920s, one modern.

Though it was not as she said, a "critics' show", she gave her usual capable performance. In the 1960s she had to face the crisis of her life, because of the failure of her husband's film company, they were in acute financial straits for more than three years, with most of their possessions gone. The solution came in a musical play, "Charlie Girl" produced at the Adelphi Theatre just before Christmas, 1965. On the night of the premiere Herbert Wilcox was very ill in hospital. But he made a good recovery. And despite terrible notices, "Charlie Girl" in which Anna Neagle played a former Cochran Young Lady who married into the peerage, ran for five years, 2,047 performances, and toured later in Australia and New Zealand. During its run she was created DBE in the Birthday Honours of 1970 (she had been made CBE in 1952). In 1973 she was asked to appear in a revival of "No, No, Nanette" at Drury Lane, the theatre where nearly 50 years earlier she had been a chorus stand-by in "Rose Marie".

Again her sense of occasion did not fail her. When, too, in 1975, she took over from Celia Johnson in William Douglas-Home's play, "The Dame of Sark", she gave to the part calm courage her own gentle personal quality. Herbert Wilcox died in 1977 but Dame Anna showed no signs of retiring. In that year she was in "Most Gracious Lady" a show devised for the Queen's Silver Jubilee, and in 1978 toured as Henry Higgins's mother in a revival of "My Fair Lady". In 1982 she was in the pantomime "Cinderella" at Richmond and gave her last stage performance as the fairy godmother, also in a production of "Cinderella", which opened at the London Palladium at Christmas. END. Dame Anna Neagle, DBE's Timeline 1904 Anna Neagle - IMDb IMDb Actress | Producer | Soundtrack Dame Anna Neagle, the endearingly popular British star during WWII, was born Florence Marjorie Robertson and began dancing as a professional in chorus lines at age 14.

She starred with actor Jack Buchanan in the musical "Stand Up and Sing" in the West End and earned her big break when producer/director Herbert Wilcox , who had caught the show ... See full bio » Born: a list of 250 people created 21 May 2011 a list of 139 people created 05 Oct 2012 a list of 35 images created 07 Sep 2015 a list of 24 people created 2 months ago a list of 10 people created 4 days ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Anna Neagle's work have you seen?

User Polls Odette Odette Sanson / Marie / Lise (1950) 1960 Theatre Night (TV Series) Stella Felby 1948 Elizabeth of Ladymead (performer: "I'll Make Up for Every Thing", "Greensleeves") 1941 Sunny (performer: "D'ye Love Me?", "Jack Tar and Sam Gob", "Sunny", "Who?") 1940 No, No, Nanette (performer: "No No Nanette", "I Want To Be Happy", "I Want To Be Happy" (continued), "Tea For Two", "Dream Dance Sequence - music medley: "Tea For Two", "I Want To Be Happy", "No No Nanette") 1940 Irene (performer: "You've Got Me Out on a Limb" (1940), "Alice Blue Gown" (1940) - uncredited) 1933 Bitter Sweet (performer: "I'll See You Again") Hide Search Results - Entertainment Entertainment You are using an older browser version. Please use a supported version for the best MSN experience.

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Anna Neagle - Person - National Portrait Gallery Anna Neagle (1904-1986), Actress and film producer. Dame Anna Neagle. Sitter in 39 portraits Born Marjorie Robertson in Essex, she first appeared on stage in 1917 ... anna neagle | biography | gallery anna neagle b i o g . A Deadringer for Miranda Richardson! Dame Anna Neagle was a theatrical and cinematic institution in England, and one of the most popular screen actresses of the mid-20th century. As the wife of producer/director Herbert Wilcox , she was also personally close to the centers of power in 1930s British cinema. Born Florence Marjorie Robertson at Forest Gate (near London) in 1904 to a merchant navy captain and his wife, Neagle took up dancing as a child. As early as age 13, she was getting offers of professional engagements, and made her formal debut when she was 20 as a member of the chorus in two 1925 Charlot revues. She moved up the pecking order of theaters and productions, emerging in London in the work of producer Charles B.

Cochran as a Cochran Young Lady, and graduated from dancer to actress in 1929. Using the name Anna Neagle (the surname from her mother's family), she played opposite Jack Buchanan in Stand Up and Sing, which ended up running a then huge 604 performances. Photographing extremely well, Neagle was a natural for the screen, and following two minor film appearances early in the sound era, she won the lead in Goodnight Vienna (1932), produced and directed by Herbert Wilcox . After her starring role in The Flag Lieutenant that same year, directed by (and starring) Henry Edwards, she worked exclusively under Wilcox's direction in film for the remainder of her career. It was a winning and happy partnership, yielding an enviable string of popular dramas -- both contemporary (Bitter Sweet) and period (Nell Gwyn) -- that endeared Neagle to British filmgoers throughout the 1930s and '40s.

She also proved her stagecraft in 1934, when she took on the roles of Rosalind in As You Like It and Olivia in Twelfth Night; working under director Robert Atkins, she earned critical accolades in both productions, despite the fact that she had never before done any Shakespeare. Neagle's career during the '30s was concentrated on the screen, however, and she moved from success to success, reaching the pinnacle of her film career portraying Queen Victoria in a pair of historical epics. The first of these, Victoria the Great (1937), shot in color, enjoyed an unprecedented run of nearly a year in London, and, along with its companion film, Sixty Glorious Years (a reference to Victoria's reign that, as it turned out, very nearly could have applied equally well to Neagle's own career), proved unusually popular in America, as well. At the same time that those movies were spreading an image of Neagle (under heavy makeup to portray her character's aging) as the renowned British queen, she was delighting audiences in London with her portrayal of the title role in Peter Pan.

The two Queen Victoria biographies were successful enough to get Wilcox and Neagle a contract with RKO Radio Pictures, and they moved to Hollywood at the end of the '30s. There they made a trio of notable screen versions of musicals -- Irene, No, No, Nanette, and Sunny -- as well as the biographical drama Nurse Edith Cavell . Their professional relationship was transposed to the personal in 1943, when Neagle and Wilcox returned to England and were married. They resumed their screen work after World War II, and, over the next five years, enjoyed a string of movie successes that made their money almost exclusively in England: I Live in Grosvenor Square, Piccadilly Incident, The Courtneys of Curzon Street, Spring in Park Lane, Elizabeth of Ladymead, and Maytime in Mayfair, most of which starred Michael Wilding , a promising young leading man who achieved stardom working opposite Neagle.

In 1950, she broke with her string of light romantic comedies by playing the title role in Odette, a serious, fact-based drama about a woman who sacrifices her life as a spy for the British during World War II; it, too, was a success and only added to Neagle's professional renown. She played Florence Nightingale in The Lady With a Lamp (1951) and returned to theatrical work in 1953 with The Glorious Days, which had a run of 476 performances, a major success by the standard of the day. Neagle's fortunes declined during the mid-'50s, along with the popularity of her films, although she did enjoy some success as a producer in her own right with a trio of movies starring Frankie Vaughan . Her career in the early '60s was blighted by Wilcox's bankruptcy in 1964, but she made a comeback the following year in the West End musical Charlie Girl, which ran for six years and 2,047 performances. It was casting from life, with Neagle playing the role of a former Cochran Young Lady who marries a peer of the realm.

It earned the actress an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records for her enduring popularity and was a fitting capstone to the first 40 years of her career, though she continued working for another two decades. During the show's six-year run, Neagle was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1970 in recognition of her work. Two years after Charlie Girl -- which she also brought to Australia and New Zealand -- Neagle was asked to appear in a revival of No, No, Nanette, which she'd done onscreen three decades earlier. Replacing Celia Johnson in The Dame of Sark, she was again on-stage in 1975, and the year after her husband's death in 1977, she was acting in Most Gracious Lady, which was written for the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Neagle was still working in 1986, just a few weeks before her death at the age of 81. anna neagle g a l l e r y

Question: Which actress was born Marjorie Robertson in 1904?
Answer: DAME ANNA NEAGLE